Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: June 13-20

June 12, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, June 16, 1914: Automobiles are being sold in Indiana this summer at the rate of 150 a day.  So far this year, the Secretary of State has issued 53,511 licenses for Indiana-owned machines. It is believed the number of new automobiles sold is considerably larger … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: June 6-13

June 5, 2014 | by Weekly View

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, June 6, 1914: Miss Ella Groninger, the first woman admitted to the Marion County bar with the intention of practicing regularly in the county courts, won her first case today in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Clarence E. Weir. Miss Groninger appeared as attorney … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: May 23-June 6

May 29, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 24, 1914: The 1914 automobile season will be an important historical epoch, for it is going to strengthen a grand move of womankind – absolute domination of motor car driving. Automobile designers and engineers are seeing to comforts for women motorists so that they … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: May 16-23

May 15, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 20, 1914: Woodland Cemetery, the new burial ground located 2½ miles east of the Indianapolis city limits, is rapidly assuming form under the watchful eye of superintendent Walter H. Wheeler. The massive granite columns and iron gates guarding the entrance indicate by their simple … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 9-16

May 8, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, May 11, 1914: Yesterday marked the most general observance of Mothers’ Day in Indianapolis since its inception ten years ago. Thousands of persons wore pink carnations for the living mother and white carnations for the deceased. So great was the demand that the supply of … Read More